Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-36313 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in File-Type Project File-Type
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v16.5.4
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v17.1.3
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0005/
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v16.5.4
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0005/
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/releases/tag/v17.1.3